When the Belarussian's talent exploded in 2006 as he got second at the Electronic Sports World Cup, everyone expected great things of Cypher. He was picked up by Fnatic and received the support he needed to become a better player. But he didn't.

Until this year, when he became the most feared and admired Quake player on the planet. His victories at the ESWC Masters of Paris, QuakeCon 2008 and the ESWC Grand Final were not only convincing but also dazzling and spectacular.

He became the undisputed number one and his dream came true. What now? Find out in the video below:



Check out Cypher's eSports Index profile here.

More 1on1 interviews (every Wednesday):
* Oskar "ins" Holm (CS player, Fnatic)
* Christian Linke (musician from Panik)
* Mariusz "Loord" Cybulski (CS player, MYM)
* Johan Liden (eSports League of Champions CEO)

* Alexander "TheSlaSH" Mueller (SK Gaming General Manager)
* June "SK.Lyn" Park (SK Gaming Warcraft 3 player)
* Sasha Tsapaev (new owner of CPL, April Fools)
* Mike Pasley (director of the "Frag" documentary)

* Christine "SK.Potter" Chi (SK Ladies CS player)
* Robert "RobbaN" Dahlstrom (SK Gaming CS player)
* Yoan "ToD" Merlo (Mousesports, WC3 player)
* Tomas "TeRRoR" Pilipiuk (Wicked, WC3 player)

* Jonas "whimp" Svendsen (mTw.dk, CS player)
* Jakub "kuben" Gurczynski (MYM, CS player)
* Ralf "Griff" Reichert (SK founder, ESL General Manager)
* '2004 interview with Anton "Cooller" Singov (Q3 player)

* Neil "Neilyo" Mosunic (SK Gaming WoW player)
* Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager (legendary PainKiller player)
* Vance "serennia" Phuoc (SK Gaming WoW player)
* France "gore" Burghardt (Mousesports CS player)

* Nathan "Kintt" Quinn (Pandemic WoW player)
* Marty Stratton (QuakeLive producer)
* Paul Hossack (FIFA 09 PC producer)
* John "ZeRo4" Hill (SK Gaming Quake 3 player)

* Shane "rapha" Hendrixson (SK Gaming Quake 3 player)